After the Warat Taishi also joined forces with the Great Khan first, he began to prepare to attack the city of Beijing.

A few days later, he first led the army to rush to the Baiyangkou west of Juyongguan and drove towards the city of Beijing, along the way the Ming army lit beacon fires to warn, and for a time the land of Gyeonggi was full of wolf smoke, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

In the face of the crisis, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, immediately transferred 100,000 troops from the garrison of the capital and deployed them outside the nine gates, while the remaining 40,000 soldiers and horses were guarding the city.

At the same time, Yu Qian also played Emperor Jingtai and asked the Soldiers and Horses, Jing Zhaoyin, Beizhen Fusi, and Nanzhen Fusi to come forward to organize the people of the capital to assist in defending the city, and to send young and strong people from among the millions of people to the city.

Emperor Jingtai immediately played on point, and the Soldiers and Horses, Jing Zhaoyin, Beizhen Fusi, and Nanzhen Fusi sent people to count the population from house to house, and organized the people of the whole city into Baojia, ten households for each Jia, and three strong men must be sent to the city to garrison!

In just a few days, Yu Qian gathered 300,000 strong men!

Although these strong men have not undergone much training, there is only one way to die against the fierce Warat Iron Cavalry, even if it is to defend the city, it is estimated that ten or eight strong men may not be able to resist one Warat Iron Horseman.

However, these 300,000 strong men can still carry rolling stones and woods, throw fire pots, and earth-shaking thunder at the head of the city, and they can also hold shields to cover the officers and soldiers, or send the wounded down to the city, so that the officers and soldiers can free up their hands to fight with the Tartars to the greatest extent.

After Yu Qian deployed the 100,000 troops outside the Nine Gates, he hastily compiled 300,000 strong men and assigned them to the 40,000 troops defending the city as auxiliaries for the city defending army.

After everything was deployed, Yu Qian ordered Wu Ning, the squire of the military department, to act as the affairs of the military department, while he personally put on armor and carried out the sharp, constantly patrolling the armies of the various ministries, and the morale of the various armies was greatly boosted.

This time, Yu Qian mobilized the soldiers and horses to go out of the city to meet the deputy chief soldier Gao Li, deputy chief soldier Mao Fushou and other generals, and Liu Juntao, the general of Yanzhou Prefecture, also led the army to fight, and was arranged by Yu Qian to camp outside Zhangyi Gate.

And Yu Qian went to the deputy chief soldier Gao Li Camp and was stationed outside the Desheng Gate.

At this time, Liu Juntao was deploying the battle in the camp, and suddenly the guards outside the tent reported: "General Qiyu, the right governor Shi Heng is outside the camp, please go and greet the general!" ”

Liu Juntao was taken aback when he heard this, he never expected that Shi Heng would come to him at this time.

didn't have time to think about it, Liu Juntao immediately led Zhang Xiaojun, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, Sun Xu and other battalion commanders to meet Shi Heng outside the gate.

Because Liu Juntao knows the history of the Ming Dynasty very well, he is also very concerned about Shi Heng, after all, Shi Heng played an extremely important role in the defense of Beijing and a series of subsequent events.

And some information about Shi Heng also kept coming to Liu Juntao's mind.

Shi Heng has a strange appearance, square face, tall body, knee-length beard, good at riding and shooting, especially good at using big swords, inherited his father's official position in the early years, and served as the commander of Kuanhewei, and he can be regarded as a very capable second generation of officials.

As early as the first year of orthodoxy, Shi Heng led his troops to defeat the Waspur army at Huangniupo, recaptured many horses, won the first battle, and moved to the command of the capital.

In the first month of the third year of orthodoxy, more than 300 cavalry of the Waspur Army drank horses by the Yellow River, and Shi Heng led the crowd to pursue to the foot of Guanshan and beheaded many prisoners. After that, Shi Heng was promoted to the commander of the capital, and served as the general of the left, assisting Wu Jinbo Zhu Mian to guard Datong.

After that, Shi Heng built a fortress on the border of Datong West Road, hoarded grain and grass, and defeated the invading Tile Spur Army in Hongcheng, Yan'an, Jinshan and other places many times.

In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Shi Heng and the governor Ma Lin patrolled the outside of the Saiwai to Jianhuo Mountain, and the two of them led the army together to defeat the army of Uliangha, and Shi Heng was promoted to the governor of Tongzhi.

At that time, in addition to Yang Hong, Shi Heng was the most powerful of the border guards. Although Shi Heng was a partial general, the imperial court regarded him as a handsome talent.

Not long ago, Wara Taishi also led his troops to attack Datong first, Shi Heng and Xining Hou Song Ying, Wujin Bo Zhu Mian and others led the army to fight with it in Yanghekou, Xining Hou Song Ying, Wujin Bo Zhu Mian were defeated and killed, Shi Heng ran back alone, was demoted by the imperial court to recruit troops, and ordered to make meritorious service to atone for his crimes.

At this time, Shi Heng was recommended by Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to take charge of the camp of the five armies, and was promoted to the right governor, and he and the nine generals such as Tao Jin, Gao Li, and Sun Bo were ordered to lead the army to guard the gate of the nine cities, and Liu Juntao's department was also assigned to Shi Heng's control.

Liu Juntao recalled this information in his mind, and happened to lead Zhang Xiaojun and everyone to the outside of the gate.

I saw Shi Heng wearing heavy armor, and under the escort of a team of elite iron horsemen, he had been waiting outside the camp for a while.

Liu Juntao hurriedly led everyone to step forward and salute, and said loudly: "Liu Juntao, the general of Yanzhou Mansion, will lead the people to greet the right governor!" ”

Zhang Xiaojun, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, Sun Xu and other battalion commanders also saluted together and said loudly: "I have seen the right governor!" ”

Shi Heng turned over and dismounted, laughed and said; "I have long heard that Yanzhou Mansion has produced a fierce general and brought out a tiger and wolf army! When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name! ”

At this time, Shi Heng looked at the guards of Yushan Town guarding around the Yuanmen of Daying, and kept nodding and admiring: "They are all good soldiers!" ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "The right governor has praised it!" Right Governor, please! ”

Shi Heng didn't say much, and directly entered the camp with a team of iron cavalry, followed by Liu Juntao and others, and the group came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Shi Heng looked at the generals in the big tent and said loudly: "Everyone! Today, the Governor of Pontus came, just to see the demeanor of the Qilu generals, and when I saw it today, it was really very strong, and the Governor of Pontus was also relieved......"

Liu Juntao looked at Shi Heng, who was giving an impassioned lecture, and said secretly in his heart: "Although this person later became a powerful minister and killed the great loyal minister Yu Qian, it is undeniable that this person is still a godminister, and he is also a good hand in marching and fighting, not to be underestimated!" ”

“…… The Tartars are coming, Deshengmen and this Zhangyimen are the first to bear the brunt, which is also the reason why the military constitution will deploy you here, good steel is to be used on the blade, I hope you will fight bravely to kill Hu, defend the Ming Dynasty, and protect the people! ”

Liu Juntao and others all shouted: "Kill Hu and serve the country!" ”

Shi Heng was also very satisfied when he saw it, and then accompanied by Liu Juntao, he inspected the soldiers of each battalion, and looked at the soldiers under Liu Juntao's command, not only equipped with stainless steel knives, spears, and various firearms, but also wore double layers of heavy armor, and even wore steel masks on their faces, not to mention the various vehicles such as Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots that were heavily equipped by each battalion!

With such equipment, even the three major battalions of the Beijing Division are beyond reach, it can be said that the soldiers under Liu Juntao's command have been armed to the teeth, seeing Shi Heng's eyelids jump, and a group of guards and iron horsemen behind him are also shouting, and their saliva is about to flow down.

On the same day, Shi Heng left Liu Juntao's camp with satisfaction, and went to inspect the soldiers and horses camp elsewhere.

And Liu Juntao ordered Liu Zi'an to immediately send all the night and horses of the Exploration Department to pay close attention to the movements of the Warat army.

Six days later, Liu Juntao received the news: Warat Taishi had also joined forces with the Great Khan to join forces with 300,000 troops, had passed Changping Prefecture, and was heading towards Beijing City, and it was estimated that he would arrive within two days at most.

And the vanguard of the Warat army may be killed under the city of Beijing at any time!

Liu Juntao was also shocked when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and at the same time, all battalions began to distribute guns and ammunition, and the officers and men of each battalion were ready to fight at any time.

After Zhang Xiaojun, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, Sun Xu and other commanders heard the order, they did not have the slightest fear, but everyone was excited.

The soldiers and horses of the battalions under Liu Juntao are strong, and when they dealt with Ye Zongliu and Deng Mao's seven thieves before, all the generals had a feeling of killing chickens with knives in their hearts.

Today, the generals can finally fight against the Warat Iron Cavalry, which also makes everyone's hearts high, and they are ready to make great achievements in the war.